Chocolate Mayo Cake
January 12, 2009
One of our birthday rules is you get whatever you want for breakfast in bed and dinner. This is what my sweet girl wanted. She is my foodie girl xox
From Auberne` on her 18th birthday. "Thank you for all the happy birthday's and for letting me know I am normal, for having a hard time adjusting to changes."
Breakfast:
bacon
orange juice
Dinner:
wild mushroom, panchetta (Italian bacon, yes, more bacon), bechamel lasagna
Cesar salad
olive oil bread
chocolate mayo cake with vanilla buttercream, lots of buttercream !!!
Chocolate Mayo Cake
Makes one thick layer or two thin ones. If you end up adding more water or mayo, use two pans.
I like a very moist, dense cake. I would not say this cake is dense but very moist. What I like about this recipe is it is very easy to make. It is one of the first cakes Chloe learned to make. No creaming butter, scraping bowl, fussy ingredients. A good beginner's cake.
2 cups flour
1/2 cup coco powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 TBL. instant espresso powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup water *see note
1 tsp. vanilla
Pre-heat oven 350◦F.
Grease and flour a cake pan. Sift together flour, coco powder, espresso powder and baking soda in a mixing bowl. Add the remaining ingredient's. Mix on medium speed till batter comes together. Pour into pre-pared pans. Bake 20-30 minutes, until when toothpick inserted in cake comes clean. Gently unmold from pan and set on rack to cool. After the cake has cooled ice with buttercream.
I really like Magnolias buttercream recipe.
*Note
Since writing this recipe, I have changed the mayo I use and have found the recipe does not work as well. I did not think change the mayo would make a blog difference but I guess it does. You batter should be pourable, if it is not you can up the water a ⅟ᴣ cup. If your batter is still very thick trying adding up to a ⅟ᴣ of mayo! Because of this your baking time may be longer than the recipe call for!
The birthday meals sound wonderful! I've had mayo cake before and it is delicious. Thanks for posting the recipe and a very Happy birthday to your daughter.
Posted by: Jean | January 14, 2009 at 05:27 PM
I wish I was one of your daughters! Lucky girls..
Yum, everything sounds sooo good.
I use the same buttercream recipe, delish!
Jill xoo
Posted by: Jill | January 14, 2009 at 02:57 PM
OH MY! I'm having a birthday next week.... I may decide I NEED a chocolate cake, too! Sounds wonderful! You sure are sweet!
Posted by: Lavender Dreamerl | January 13, 2009 at 05:27 PM
I really like this tradition that your family has....and I really like that buttercream recipe. It's a good one!
Posted by: Lena | January 13, 2009 at 01:09 PM
Thanks Clarice! Kate will love it... she's a dairy-free kind of girl!
I remember the first time I tasted Chocolate Mayo cake. I was probably about 12 or 13, and I DETESTED mayonnaise, salad dressing, Miracle Whip, or anything that even remotely resembled it. But I LOVED that cake!
Kim :-)
Posted by: Kim of Thistle Dew Mercantile | January 13, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Lovely photos of Auberne! What a gorgeous young woman you have Clarice.
Now I have to tell you that my grandmother gave me a similar mayo choc cake recipe as a kid - and over the phone no less. She knew it by heart she had made it so much. I faithfully wrote it all down. Now I will need to go and find my notes. But my first thought was "Mayo cake? It sounds disgusting!" BUT it is the best and so moist, too.
Thank you for sharing!!!
xoxo
Becky
Posted by: Sweet Cottage Dreams | January 13, 2009 at 09:23 AM
Belated Birthday Wishes from Me!!
Sounds like the perfect menu to me.
Bring on the bacon!!!
Rosemary
Posted by: Rosemary | January 13, 2009 at 07:52 AM
A girl after my own heart who loves bacon and chocolate!
Jody
Posted by: Gumbo Lily | January 12, 2009 at 07:02 PM
Yum, a classic eggless cake with a twist --- the mayo, easily adapted to vegan by the use of Veganaise.
Thanks!
LaTeaDah
Posted by: LaTeaDah | January 12, 2009 at 02:07 PM
Yum, Yum, Yummy, Yum!!! And I ask you...is there any more perfect icing recipe than Magnolias???
Posted by: Thimbleanna | January 12, 2009 at 01:26 PM
Yummm! It's all good. I love Miss A's choices. :)
Posted by: Mari at Once Upon a Plate | January 12, 2009 at 12:48 PM
I will definitely try the cake recipe. Since learning my girl has a dairy allergy, it's hard to find really amazing desserts that don't require milk. This looks like a winner.
Posted by: CharityGrace | January 12, 2009 at 11:46 AM
What a delicious breakfast she chose! And bacon for both meals - a girl after my own heart!
Lorrie
Posted by: Lorrie | January 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Trust me the lasagna was to die for, not like a regular lasagna. I'm so lucky I have dd's and gd's that like to cook and eat real food. Mom
Posted by: Linda | January 12, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Oh my, how really delicious! Thank you, Clarice, for sharing all this.
Posted by: Junie Moon | January 12, 2009 at 08:16 AM